HIV / AIDS

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  1. waltky

    waltky Well-Known Member

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    Granny says if dem young'uns would quit havin' sex, dey wouldn't have to worry `bout HIV...
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    UNICEF: More Funds Needed to Fight Teen HIV
    December 01, 2016 | WASHINGTON — The U.N. Children’s Fund predicts a 60 percent rise in the number of HIV-positive adolescents by 2030, unless there’s an increase in funding to fight it.
     
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    waltky Well-Known Member

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    A bid to avert new infections...
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    Kenya to Roll Out Drug to Curb HIV Infection
    March 17, 2017 — Thousands of HIV-negative Kenyans will for the first time be placed on daily antiretroviral medication, or ARVs, in a bid to avert new infections. The new program seeks to lower the country's HIV transmission rate to individuals who face a substantial risk of contracting HIV, such as rape victims and HIV-negative drug users.
     
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    Deckel Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    PrEP helps but it is not a magic bullet. There have been break-through infections reported in the last year or two even when used properly.
     
  4. waltky

    waltky Well-Known Member

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    Macrophages apparently can harbor HIV...
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    Second Immune Cell Found to Harbor HIV During Treatment
    April 17, 2017 - The challenge of finding a cure for AIDS may have gotten harder. Scientists have discovered another cell in the body where HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — hides from therapy designed to suppress it to undetectable levels in the blood.
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    Scientists Tout Possible Cure for HIV Infection
    April 12, 2017 - Scientists are touting a discovery that they think might cure HIV infection. They’ve engineered an antibody that blocks the virus from entering and infecting key immune system cells.
     
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    waltky Well-Known Member

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    Dat's why Granny tells Ferd not to mess around with black an' Messican womens...
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    Growing HIV Drug Resistance Posing Threat to Treatment
    July 20, 2017 — The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a survey of 11 countries finds evidence that HIV drug resistance is growing, posing a potential threat to the prevention and treatment of AIDS.
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    For 1st Time, Over Half of People With HIV Taking AIDS Drugs
    July 20, 2017 - For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV are on drugs to treat the virus, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday.
     
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    Steady Pie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Figure it out yourself. Wear condoms, get health insurance.

    Not my problem if you want to f*** around. All the power to you, but accept the consequences of your actions.

    Abolish all current funding.
     
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    Caught the infection at birth...
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    South African child 'virtually cured' of HIV
    Mon, 24 Jul 2017 - The nine-year-old has no active HIV in the body after catching the infection at birth.
     
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    Experimental Vaccine Against HIV Looks Hopeful...
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    Experimental Vaccine Against HIV has Promising Results
    Tuesday 25th July, 2017 - A study on a HIV vaccine, which is still at an early stage, has given encouraging results. It was presented at an international conference on AIDS research in Paris. Reports ChronicleBG.
     
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    A cure for AIDS on the horizon?...
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    New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains
    22 September 2017 - Scientists have engineered an antibody that attacks 99% of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates.
     
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    UNAIDS said access to treatment has risen significantly...

    We Have the Tools to End AIDS Now
    November 27, 2017 | WASHINGTON — The United Nations reports remarkable progress in containing HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In its latest report, released in advance of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS said access to treatment has risen significantly. The report said 21 million HIV positive people are on treatment. That's more than half of all people living with HIV. The UN's goal is to end the pandemic by 2030.
     
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    US HIV Diagnoses Improving, But Progress Varies...

    CDC: US HIV Diagnoses Improving, But Progress Varies
    November 28, 2017 — Delays in the time between becoming infected with HIV and getting a diagnosis are shortening, helped by efforts to increase testing for the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. health officials said.
     
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    Coalition of advocacy groups worried about Trump's commitment to AIDS fight...

    Health Groups Urge Congress Not to Allow AIDS Fight to Wane
    November 29, 2017 - A coalition of nearly 40 advocacy groups said Wednesday they're concerned about the Trump administration's commitment to the global fight against AIDS so they're urging senior members of Congress to make sure money for key prevention programs isn't cut back.
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    Rising HIV Infections See Iran Challenge Notions About Sex
    November 29, 2017 — In a square in a poor eastern Tehran neighborhood known for its drug addicts and dealers, psychologist Atefeh Azimi draws another drop of blood from a worried passer-by's finger. She works on a nearby bench, where a sign next to her in English and in Farsi urges the public to receive free voluntary counseling and HIV testing.
     
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    Interpretation of your message: Rape victims deserve to die of AIDS, particularly if children.
     
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    Steady Pie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Because "you just want to kill children with AIDs" is a perfectly reasonable interpretation.

    Thanks for outing yourself as an ideologue.
     
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    Fewer men get tested for the fatal disease or have access to treatment....

    Report: More Men Than Women Die from AIDS
    December 01, 2017 — A new report issued on World AIDS Day finds more men than women are dying from AIDS because fewer men get tested for the fatal disease or have access to treatment.
     
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    Kids shouldn't have to grow up with HIV...
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    Scientists are genetically engineering immune systems to attack and destroy HIV
    2 Jan.`18 - The battle against HIV has been a long and difficult. As scientists have searched unsuccessfully for a cure, more than 35 million people worldwide have died of the illness since the 1980s.
     
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    HIV butt disease is still floating around.

    Poopers young and old should keep their bungholes closed for business indefinitely.
     
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    It's sad when the rug rats inherit AIDS from their moms or get it from blood transfusions.

    I think most of the hemophiliacs are dead now because the blood supply was contaminated for a long time.

    There are so many ways to get AIDS but the main road is still the Hershey Bar Highway.
     
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    AIDS Crusader Mathilde Krim Dies at Age 91...
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    Prominent AIDS Crusader Mathilde Krim Dies at Age 91
    January 16, 2018 — Mathilde Krim, a prominent AIDS researcher who galvanized worldwide support in the early fight against the deadly disease, has died. She was 91.
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    Scientists: Conflict in Ukraine Escalated Spread of HIV
    January 15, 2018 — Fighting in Ukraine that erupted in 2014 escalated the spread of HIV throughout the country as millions of infected people were uprooted by violence, a study published Monday found.
     
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    Where HIV is most prevalent...
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    Eastern, Southern Africa Most Affected by HIV Epidemic
    July 21, 2018 — A report by UNAIDS, "Miles to go—closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices", warns that the global response to HIV is at a critical point. Eastern and southern Africa remain the regions most affected by the HIV epidemic, accounting for 45 percent of the world's HIV infections and 53 percent of people with HIV globally.
     
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    'Dangerous complacency' to global HIV epidemic...

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    'Dangerous complacency' to global HIV epidemic risks resurgence
    20 July 2018 - A "dangerous complacency" in the response to the global HIV pandemic is risking a resurgence of the disease, according to a report.
     
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    Do the opposite of what California did. Make people with STDs pay for it either criminally or civilly. I don't know if you currently can or not but if not then they should allow someone infected with an STD to sue the person that gave it to them. Hopefully this will scare the crap out of those ****ing morons and maybe they will stop having sex or be behind bars and only be able to **** other infected people.
     
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    HIV Infects 1 Teen Girl Every 3 Minutes...
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    UN: HIV Infects 1 Teen Girl Every 3 Minutes

    July 25, 2018 - One girl between the ages of 15 and 19 is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, every three minutes of every day, a United Nations report found.
     
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    $431,119: NIH Funds HIV Intervention Among Heroin, Crack Users on US-Mexico Border
    August 7, 2018 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Lehigh University $431,119 in taxpayer funds for HIV intervention among heroin and crack users along the U.S.-Mexico border.
    Hmmm, must be headed by a Democrat.
     
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    Has doctors and researchers looked into the HIV virus' effect on the DNA and RNA of the individual(s) infected?

    Sexually transmitted? Blood transmitted? DNA - RNA transmitted?

    Does the virus live within the Protein bases of the Body and the DNA and RNA protein?


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    'Oh, sure', the parent replied.

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